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Buddhism and Peace

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Mon, 8 Aug, 2011 - 00:00
What is peace? And what does peace mean for Buddhists? Is it just the absence of war and conflict; guns and screaming?

Or is it also the deep silence that arises when the mind and heart are in harmony - a positive state of mind that can be cultivated both personally and collectively, where good and evil don't exist as concepts?

A talk given by Parami at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 30th July 2011 in the series Buddhism and the Big Questions.
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Sangharakshita's Diary August 2011

From Triratna News on Sat, 6 Aug, 2011 - 06:00

Sangharakshita's Diary August 2011

From Triratna News on Sat, 6 Aug, 2011 - 06:00Vidyaruchi, Sangharakshita’s secretary, writes with his usual update on Bhante’s activities over the past month. He says -

“Literary work, old and new, has been the main theme of the last month. Bhante’s series of ‘Reveries and Reminiscences’ is now coming to the end of its fourth instalment (the third appears in this month’s Shabda), and the writing, dictating, checking, correcting and revising of this is a daily task. Bhante has had me read to him from quite diverse...
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Buddhism and the Big Questions - ongoing talk series draws crowds in Manchester

From Triratna News on Fri, 5 Aug, 2011 - 06:00

Buddhism and the Big Questions - ongoing talk series draws crowds in Manchester

From Triratna News on Fri, 5 Aug, 2011 - 06:00Triratna Manchester’s Buddhist Centre is currently half-way through a major series of talks entitled ‘Buddhism and the Big Questions’.

Speakers and topics have included -

Vajragupta on We Live in a Beautiful World: Buddhism and Nature

Ratnaguna on Stop buying stuff and learn how to be happy instead

Kavyasiddhi on ‘All in this together — is it time for a Buddhist economics?’

Mahashraddha on Searching for truth:...
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A New Buddhist Center For Portsmouth, New Hampshire

From Triratna News on Thu, 4 Aug, 2011 - 06:00

A New Buddhist Center For Portsmouth, New Hampshire

From Triratna News on Thu, 4 Aug, 2011 - 06:00As a sweet coincidence, two members of the team at thebuddhistcentre.com are also part of a new initiative to open a Buddhist Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in the USA. Viriyalila and Candradasa, along with Suzanne Woodland, Danakamala, Suddhayu and Narottama have been looking for a place for their occasional itinerant sangha to settle into – and they’ve found a truly beautiful space… The new Martingale building on the east wharf at Portsmouth’s historic dock...
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Manjusvara - Three Poems And A Funeral

From Triratna News on Wed, 3 Aug, 2011 - 06:34

Manjusvara - Three Poems And A Funeral

From Triratna News on Wed, 3 Aug, 2011 - 06:34July 6th saw Triratna’s Bristol sangha celebrating the funeral of Manjusvara, who died leading a retreat at Dhanakosa. Kamalamani has sent us an account of the day, and we’ve discovered three poems by Manjusvara in the latest edition of the Bristol Buddhist Centre’s on-line newsletter, which we reproduce below. Bristol’s Newsletter contains a moving ‘Rejoicing In Manjusvara’ by Ananda, his friend and colleague for many many years, during which he describes his friend as “the most generous person I ever...

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